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... questions , and with no precedent to aid in answering them . At the beginning of the war there was , indeed , occasion for the most anxious apprehension . A President known to be infected with the polit- ical heresies , and suspected of ...
... questions , and with no precedent to aid in answering them . At the beginning of the war there was , indeed , occasion for the most anxious apprehension . A President known to be infected with the polit- ical heresies , and suspected of ...
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... questions where it has no legitimate jurisdiction ; and perhaps the severest strain upon Mr. Lincoln was in resisting a tendency of his own supporters which chimed with his own private desires while wholly op- posed to his convictions ...
... questions where it has no legitimate jurisdiction ; and perhaps the severest strain upon Mr. Lincoln was in resisting a tendency of his own supporters which chimed with his own private desires while wholly op- posed to his convictions ...
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... question , both of which must be fully understood in order to understand either , and that it is of greater advantage to an advo- cate to appreciate the strength than the weakness of his antagonist's position . Nothing is more ...
... question , both of which must be fully understood in order to understand either , and that it is of greater advantage to an advo- cate to appreciate the strength than the weakness of his antagonist's position . Nothing is more ...
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... question with which Mr. Lincoln was called on to deal , and it was one which no man in his position , whatever his opinions , could evade ; for , though he might withstand the clamor of partisans , he must sooner or later yield to the ...
... question with which Mr. Lincoln was called on to deal , and it was one which no man in his position , whatever his opinions , could evade ; for , though he might withstand the clamor of partisans , he must sooner or later yield to the ...
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... questions which plainly would soon enough compel attention , and for which every day was making the answer more easy . Meanwhile he must solve the riddle of this new Sphinx , or be devoured . Though Mr. Lin- coln's policy in this ...
... questions which plainly would soon enough compel attention , and for which every day was making the answer more easy . Meanwhile he must solve the riddle of this new Sphinx , or be devoured . Though Mr. Lin- coln's policy in this ...
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Seite 81 - The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.
Seite 173 - Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Seite 220 - I, , do solemnly swear, in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the union of the States thereunder ; and that I will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all acts of Congress passed during the existing rebellion with reference to slaves, so long and so far as not repealed, modified, or held void by Congress, or by decision of the Supreme Court ; and that I will, in like manner.
Seite xlvi - And some innative weakness there must be In him who condescends to victory Such as the Present gives, and cannot wait, Safe in himself as in a fate.
Seite 144 - An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate property of rebels, and for other purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following : SEC.
Seite 146 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...
Seite 69 - Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, two thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following Articles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, all, or any of which Articles, when ratified by three fourths of the said Legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said Constitution...
Seite 144 - States, or who shall in any way give aid or comfort thereto, escaping from such persons and taking refuge within the lines of the army; and all slaves captured from such persons or deserted by them, and coming under the control of the Government of the United States...
Seite 146 - ... the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit: "Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St.
Seite 232 - Any proposition which embraces the restoration of peace, the integrity of the whole Union, and the abandonment of slavery...